Drugs in a rug: Smuggler hiding cocaine in his wig busted in Colombia – National

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Drugs in a rug: Smuggler hiding ******** in his wig busted in Colombia – National

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A 40-year-old Colombian man has been arrested after attempting to smuggle 19 ******** capsules under his wig at an airport.

The drug-in-a-rug scheme went down earlier this month, when police discovered the drugs, worth almost C$14,000, at Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena. According to multiple reports, the man was about to board a plane to Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Footage released by police show the man’s

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and the drugs cleverly hidden inside.

The man was taken into custody on manufacturing and carrying ********* substances and suspicion of trafficking charges, Reuters reported. Police estimate that the stash was the equivalent of 400 doses.

This screengrab from Policía Nacional de los Colombianos shows an officer cutting the wig off the man’s head, revealing multiple packets of ******** underneath.

Screengrab / Policía Nacional de los Colombianos

Metropolitan Police of Cartagena commander, Gelver Yecid Peña Araque, said Colombia has arrested more than 450 people this year for drug trafficking and more than 115 kg of drugs have been seized.

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